Horse on the World

Chapter 705 Harvest Season ([-])
Smoke rose in the distance, and the military flag could be seen faintly in the smoke. Ben Kuan was overjoyed, "Is General Song's army here?" He asked repeatedly. banner in the smoke.

"General Ben, the flag the opponent is flying is the flag of waiting." The watchman replied loudly.

Ben Kuan beamed with joy, "It's Hou Fang, it must be Hou Fang, General Song's vanguard has arrived, brothers and sisters, stand up for me, our reinforcements have arrived."

"General Ben, there are more behind, and..." The lookout soldier's voice suddenly stammered.

"I know there are more. Of course, behind General Hou is General Song Kaige's brigade." Ben Kuan said happily.

"It's not General Song Kaige, it's not our reinforcements, it's Dingzhou Army, Dingzhou Hailing Camp, there are so many people, so many people!" The watchman was obviously a little frightened, and shouted hoarsely. "General Ben, the Dingzhou Army is chasing General Hou's troops."

Ben Kuan was stunned for a moment.

The smoke and dust are getting closer and closer, and through the smoke and dust, both sides of the war can see that on one side of the battlefield, a straggler of about 2000 people is running desperately. Faster, they lost everything that could be a burden on their bodies, weapons, armor, banners, and only hated their parents for losing two legs.

Hou Fang was a little better, he still had dozens of cavalry around him, and his general flag was still there, but he was wrapped in the chaotic soldiers, and he couldn't help running forward.But behind them, the shocking shouts of killing were getting closer and closer.

Ben Kuan's eyes darkened, and he almost fell to the ground. The reinforcements he had been longing for had turned out to be in this state, hundreds of times worse than himself.How could this be the case, the army that Song Kaige came to aid has tens of thousands of people?Even if they lost the battle, it shouldn't be so miserable. This can almost be regarded as the destruction of the entire army.

"Send the left-wing cavalry forward to meet General Fang!" Ben Kuan said in a shy voice.

On the frontal main battlefield, the army array was being thinned out layer by layer by Li Feng, and the arrival of the defeated army in the waiting party dealt a heavy blow to the Xingzhou army that stood firm, and their morale dropped to freezing point for a moment. A large number of reinforcements arrived, but the reinforcements that our side had been waiting for had become like this. The originally solid position began to loosen, and the tight military formation showed signs of loosening.

"Return to the camp!" Ben Kuan gave the order helplessly.But on the battlefield where the two sides are stalemate, it is not so simple to retreat. The two-winged cavalry had to use short strikes to penetrate from the two flanks and cut off the battlefield horizontally, so that the infantry could escape the entanglement of the opponent's cavalry. They withdrew back, but the two-wing Xingzhou cavalry who were caught in a battle with the Yizhou battalion cavalry were unlucky. After paying about half of the price, they retreated hastily.

"The entire 2 army was wiped out?" Although he had already had a premonition in his heart, but this news was whispered from the disheveled Hou Fang, which still caused a great blow to Ben Kuan. "How is it possible? [-] people?"

"I don't know what kind of tricks the other party used, but Xiaoaihe actually released the flood peak twice in one day!" Speaking of the torrential flood of Xiaoaihe, Hou Fang still had lingering fears at this time. "We originally used the strategy of luring the enemy to release water, let the opponent dig the Wutou Dam, drown our suspects, and our brigade could rush to Xiaoai River through the Hegu Avenue in time, but where did we think that Xiaoai River actually You can release the flood peak twice in one day, Ben Kuan, tell me, tell me, does Li Qing really have ghosts and gods to help him?"

Ben Kuan was speechless, and stayed for a while before saying: "You guys are defeated, and I definitely can't hold this place anymore, I must evacuate quickly, otherwise we won't even be able to leave scum."

"Yes, let's go. Withdraw to the Yaqueling Army Stronghold and join Generals Ouyang and Zhou. We can still gather tens of thousands of people. It's not without strength." Hou Fang nodded vigorously.

"There is no chance to evacuate during the day. We have to wait until night to talk about it. General Hou, you have worked hard. Go and rest first, eat something, and recharge your batteries. At night, I am afraid there will be a fierce battle!" Ben Kuan said. .

"Thank you so much, General Ben!" Hou Fang thanked.

After more than ten days of fierce fighting in Yaqueling Army Stronghold, both sides have basically reached the verge of exhaustion.Looking at the crumbling military stronghold that was close at hand, but it seemed like it would never be taken down, Ouyang Gangqiang and Zhou Zuhao felt a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

In the past ten days, they took turns to go into battle, tried their best, and no longer had any idea of ​​​​preserving their own strength. More than [-] troops bombarded wildly, and sometimes even attacked day and night, but the biggest result was just taking After going down several small forts on the left and right, the main fort of the Yaqueling Army's stronghold is still standing still.

These days, Li Qing is definitely here. Not only did Iron Leopard go to the battlefield, they also saw Li Wen and Li Wu. In the main village castle, the Dingzhou soldiers beat the drums with their own hands, and the morale of the Dingzhou soldiers was greatly boosted. They drove the enemies who had attacked the wall of the village down the city wall in one fell swoop.

Above and below the city, blood flowed like rivers, corpses were everywhere, and under the scorching heat, the entire battlefield was stinky and extremely unpleasant.Both sides are battle-tested veterans. Knowing that under this kind of weather, if a plague breaks out, it will not be fun, so after each battle, they have to spend a lot of time collecting the remains of the war dead, and concentrate After getting up, burn them with fire. Even so, there are still many broken limbs and arms, internal organs and so on will be left outside, and within a night, they will start to emit a stench.

"Guan Xinglong, how many other Heng Dao masters are there?" Li Qing asked while sitting in the lobby, wiping the saber.Since yesterday, he has also started going to the city to defend.

"Returning to my lord, besides Kai Yizhou cavalry camp, Hengdao Division has two full-staffed battalions. Together with logistics and supplies, there are more than [-] people. After half a month of fierce fighting, aside from the soldiers who were killed and seriously injured and could not go to the battlefield, we can still fight." There are a total of more than [-] people fighting, and there are more than a dozen defensive positions in the entire Yaqueling Army Stronghold, only five are left, and two of them are isolated. It is in danger!"

Li Qing nodded, "It was an extremely cruel war, and the opponents really put their lives to the test. What's the estimate of their casualties?"

Guan Xinglong said proudly: "For us to pay such a heavy price, how can they be better off? We have the terrain and the advantages of weapons, and the opponent's losses are much greater than ours. Now we can't hold on, it is nothing more than relying on Huting guards The army and Ben Kuan's troops can arrive in time."

Li Qing laughed, "I'm afraid they won't be able to come!" Standing up, he put the polished saber back into its sheath with a choke, and said, "This time reminds me of the feeling we had when we stood firm in Fuyuan. , more than [-] people dealt with the attack of Wanyan Bulu's [-] army, but we won in the end, our conditions at that time were far inferior to those of today, hehe, our Dingzhou army will never be defeated!"

Guan Xinglong also smiled and said: "Yes, my lord, this battle also reminded me of Dingyuan, that time I was really scared, I thought I was going to die on the battlefield several times, compared to that time Time, now is really not strong enough!"

The two walked out laughing and boarded the main castle.Not far below the military fortress, the Xingzhou army has begun to reorganize the army again, and it seems that another attack is about to be launched.

"Zhou Hao and Ouyang Gang have a lot of vigor this week!" Guan Xinglong sighed, "The troops suffered so many casualties, they still can't hold on, they can be regarded as a man."

"Compared to catching the great achievements I can make, even if they lose all the troops, they will not hesitate." Li Qing said with a smile, "I will not cry until I see the coffin, and I will not die until the Yellow River! "

"Then let them touch their noses again!" Guan Xinglong pulled out his big knife with one arm, and stuck it on the ground with a choke, "I haven't really enjoyed killing these days, my lord, I still miss the time when I held a big knife and crossed the battlefield. , The joy of cutting off the enemy's head with your own hands, now, such days are too few!"

"It's not bad. If you want to have fun, then you have to hurry up. This opportunity is rare. In the future, a general like you will have fewer and fewer opportunities to fight hand-to-hand!" The two smiled at each other.

"My lord, the carrier pigeon!" Iron Leopard suddenly pointed to the sky, where a snow-white carrier pigeon was circling. The battlefield was filled with thick smoke, and the carrier pigeon obviously lost its direction, circling around in circles. .

"It must be news from Xiao Aihe!" Li Qing said.

The Iron Leopard pursed its lips and let out an extremely loud whistle, and the carrier pigeon in the air shot down like an arrow, and landed lightly on the wall in front of the Iron Leopard. He took out a small tube and handed it to Li Qing with both hands.

"My lord, is this the pigeon cultivated by the Overwatch Council to transmit information? It's really miraculous. This little thing can accurately locate our location and distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. How did it do it?" Guan Xinglong opened his eyes wide. However, homing pigeons have not been widely promoted in the army, and this is the first time Guan Xinglong has seen them.

"To put it bluntly, it's worthless!" Li Qing laughed, "In the near future, you will also configure this thing!" While talking, he opened the small tube, took out your secret letter, unfolded it, glanced at it, and remained calm Handed it to Guan Xinglong beside him.

"Song Kaige's entire army was destroyed, Ben Kuan abandoned the camp and fled, the Xiaoaihe channel was completely opened up, Yizhou camp, and Hailing camp are rushing here at the same time!" Guan Xinglong looked at these short words and couldn't help being ecstatic. Reading the secret letter, he repeated the contents of the secret letter loudly, and the guards around him repeated the contents of the letter loudly in unison. On the military fortress, there was thunderous cheers, and many soldiers shouted wildly and waved the Dingzhou military flag.Although the two army villages that are far away from the main village are still struggling to hold on, although they don't know what happened, but seeing the joy on the main village, they naturally know that it is not a bad thing, so they cheered loudly and waved their flags.

Seeing the other party's ecstasy, Zhou Zuhao and Ouyang Gangqiang, who were preparing to attack again, were full of suspicion, "What happened?"

The two looked at each other, not knowing why.

"Maybe it's a trick of suspicion!" Ouyang Gang said forcefully: "Yesterday, Li Qing went into battle in person. It seems that they have reached the end of the mountain. Today, we are going to launch a fatal blow. Lao Zhou, Lao Tzu Today I want to personally lead the team to attack the city, and you will fight for me!" Ouyang Gangqiang said viciously.

(End of this chapter)